Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-20
THE HAYmARkE1 HoRRop
One Year Has Passed S;,,,,.
Bomb Did It's Blooac ~
Work.
List OF the Brave Ofllcers Win
Down Their Lives TO Thrott,o
Anarchy.
rChicago special

The first anniversary of the event ",
will be known TO history as the Havm' ue'
massacre occurred on Wednesday, IT,,
The night of May 4, 1886, six comnar;.
police, numbering 175 men, unde, ~.
mand of Inspector John Bonfield and ~ s4
Ward, marched from the Desplaines ST.
Police Station up Desplaines street :.
point short distance north of Randi,
street, and there halted. A soc iaEp
meeting was in progress on the street A'sa
several fire. eating anarchists were a.. ~
their utmost to incite the people to ny
Capt. Ward formally ordered the crord i. -
the name of the people of the Stat
Illinois to quietly and peaceably disnss,
Samuel Fielden, the anarchist who ~
then making speech, replied, Eve ".
peaceable," and at the same instant asl
amite bomb was thrown into the ranI: :
the police. Instantly upon the exnlo as
of the bomb, and before the police 'f fosa
had chance to rally, fusillade n tV 10
volver shots was poured into The nol t.
from both sides of the street. The p rsE'
Immediately rallied and returned thu s'
and the mob fled with the police in bot r ms
suit. When the smoke of battle had cle sa
away the ground was found to be cow
with wounded and dying po]icem.a
stricken down by the deadly bomb, n.y.
officer died almost Immediately and ss.l
six others were wounded, six Of whom ii:
within the next week or two from fha az.
of their wounds. There was also os1
civilian found killed On the spot and abou
twenty others wounded, but as the wounds1
socialists were mostly hidden away Ml
total casualties resulting from the jatI|
will never be known. At least twelve, AMI
probably over twenty, lives were lost an
over 100 people seriously injured. Folav]
III. are the names of the policemen iniursd
classified as fatally injured, permanent
disabled. and seriously disabled, still nnsj
for duty.
FATALLY ISJURED-7
Matthias J. began, Michnel Sheehan.
George Miller. Nels Hansen,
John J. Barrett, Thomas Redden
Timothy Flavhan.
PERMANENTLY DISABLED-ll
Michael OBrien Lawrence J. Murphy,
Thomas McEnery, Adam Barber
jacob Hanson Patrick McNulty.
Charles w. Whitney, John F. McMahon.
Mich j. Shannon, Jr., Daniel Hogan,
Patrick Hartford.
SERIOUSLY INJURED AND STILL UNFIT Fo2
DUTY-l2.
August G. Keller, Joseph Norman.
John T.. Doyle, Peter Butterfly |
John H. King, Alexander Ialnieso,
Arthur Connolly, Charles H. Fink
james A, Brady, Edward Barrett
Timothy Sullivan, Horny f. Smith
But though the bomb did oil the wo,
expected of it, the results were not Wild
the anarchists anticipated. The police
instead of running away, rallied an|
charged the mob, and drove the coAssirI
tors to their holes, utterly routing them
the first onset.
Numerous arrests followed, and III
whole conspiracy was laid bare. June ]
eight of the leading conspirators-S(isl
Parsons, Fischer, Engel, Lingg, SchvsI1
Fielder, and Neebe-were placed on It'd
before Judge Gary, and the next tweny1|
| one days were consumed in secunn|
jury. The details of the trial
are fresh in the minds OF all. 1t lasts
about two months, and resulted in ve1
dict condemning seven of the prisoners \
death, and the eighth, Neebe, to fftes
years penal servitude. Motions in supI
port of new trial have since been argue
before the State Supreme Court, and ID
case is still pending. The decision Of ID
Supreme Court is not expected until Sep
TENDER, and the general impression of j
who heard the arguments at Ottawa va|
that the motions will be refused.
That verdict was the death blow to aDI
archy in this country. 1t is warning th1
anarchy has no resting place here, an,
that Johann Most and all his criminal al
sociates and befooled followers the ne|
ment they begin to put their theories in,|
effect stand beneath the shadow Of N
gallows.